Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Michael Cahill - PQ 15658-26
Deputy Cahill asked about the provision of a new maternity unit at University Hospital Kerry. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs and HSE South West
Published: February 2026
Updated: April 2026
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Question from Deputy Michael Cahill - PQ 15658-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite the provision of a new maternity unit at University Hospital Kerry given the clinical risks to both mother and baby due to the location of the existing unit, which is quite a distance from the operating theatre; if this urgent and necessary facility be progressed in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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